Hyundai Verna to power India made 1.6L diesel engine!

The Indian version of global sedan, Hyundai Verna fluidic will soon be running on the roads packed with India made diesel engine! Right now, it comes packed with imported 1.4L and 1.6L CRDi diesel engines and now, the Korean auto major has finally planed to grace it with India made powerplant. After getting India made diesel engine, Hyundai Verna price may also see a decline in domestic market.

With an investment of Rs 500 crore Hyundai Motors India Limited is going to set a diesel engine manufacturing plant in India. The new diesel powertrain making facility is expected to locate at the Hyundai's existing near Chennai, while it may also go for Gujarat. Along with 1.6L diesel engine of Hyundai Verna, the company will also produce 1.1L and 1.4L diesel engine in this factory for popular hatchback i10 and i20 respectively.

At present, Hyundai Verna features the 1.4L and 1.6L CRDi diesel engines and makes max power of 90 ps and 128 ps respectively. But the new developing all the diesel engines such as 1.1L, 1.4L and 1.6L would be having different power and mileage than current engines. So, packed with India made 1.6L diesel engine Hyundai Verna mileage would also be showing changes.

On the other hand, Hyundai has also launched the re-freshed version for its premium hatchback Hyundai i20 which is remarking buzz response from buyers. And now, the company is planning to offer an SUV to the buyers at surprising price range to give stiff competition to newly launched Maruti Ertiga.

Hyundai Verna outplayed by Nissan Sunny in March 2012

It is all known that Hyundai's fluidic sedan Hyundai Verna is remarking buzz response from buyers against a lot of same segment rivals. But, in March this year Hyundai Verna has been outplayed by the new C segment sedan Nissan Sunny. In March this year Hyundai sold 4,132 units of the Verna fluidic, while Nissan Sunny touched the sales mark of 4,151 units in this month. With this great sales mark of 4,151 Nissan Sunny has been C segment leader in Indian domestic market.

In terms of sales, Nissan Sunny is not only one step ahead of Hyundai Verna but also it has taken over the sales mark of other popular cars such as Honda City (3,920 units) and Volkswagen Vento (3,908 units) have also been taken in month of March 2012. Following the increase in excise duty up to 2 per cent for Budget 2012-13 Hyundai Verna price has also been increased for each variant. Now all the variants of the Verna fluidic are available at price range of Rs. 7.11 lakh to Rs. 11.26 lakh ex-showroom Delhi. On the other hand, Nissan Sunny price is being offered at the range of Rs. 5.93 lakh to Rs. 8.93 lakh ex-showroom Delhi.

Hyundai Verna is one of the most popular sedan cars in India and vailable in both petrol and diesel version with two engine trims such as 1.4L and 1.6L for each version. Meanwhile, Nissan Sunny also offer both petrol which packed with 1.5L petrol power train and diesel that comes loaded with 1.5L, 1461cc, 4 cylinder K9K diesel engine. Nissan India reported a growth of 180 per cent in March this year at record sales of 5880 units. Meanwhile, Hyundai India sold 59,229 car units in March this year and reported a growth of 6.6 per cent.

New Sedan car launches in India in 2011

Along small car models, the craze for sedan car buying had also grown and Indian car maker offered innovative sedan car models to the customers. And all these newly Sedan car launches in India in 2011 were well admired by auto experts and enthusiasts. New sedan car models which had been offered to the Indian buyers are Hyundai Verna, Ford Fiesta, Skoda Rapid, Nissan Sunny, New Honda City etc. Currently, all these new Sedan car models doing well in their segment and accomplishing remarkable response from customers.

Hyundai Verna:

Along with small car segment, Hyundai Motors India Limited had also prepare well in the sedan car segment and launched C+ segment global sedan Hyundai Verna in the price range of Rs. 6.99 lakh to Rs. 10.89 lakh at ex-showroom Delhi. Hyundai Verna is available in both petrol diesel engine models which are breaking the market share of same segment popular rivals.

Ford Fiesta:

Ford India, had also launched its new global sedan Ford Fiesta in the Indian domestic market which was very well admired due to amazing performance and impressive fuel economy. It is being offered in both petrol and diesel models which are available in the price bracket of Rs.8.23 lakh to Rs. 10.42 lakh at ex-showroom Delhi.

Skoda Rapid:

Skoda Rapid was the new entered c segment sedan car model in the Indian auto market from the stable of Czech auto major Skoda. The sedan is well known for mileage and great performance along with eye-catchy body design. Skoda Rapid price for both petrol and diesel models is in the bracket of Rs. 6.75 lakh to Rs. 9.19 lakh at ex-showroom Delhi.

Nissan Sunny:

Nissan Motors, the leading Japanese auto major had also offered the new C segment sedan, Nissan Sunny to the Indian customers in the price range of Rs. 5.78 lakh to Rs. 8.78 lakh at ex-showroom Delhi. It is available in both petrol and diesel models which are great fuel efficient and performer in the segment.

New Honda City:

The much anticipated New Honda City had also been launched in the year 2011 which is more premier than old model and had been offered in unbelievable price range. The company launched the standard variant of popular sedan at Rs. 6.99 lakh while the top-end variant is available at Rs. 10.22 lakh.

Beside these popular new sedan car launches in India in 2011, another offered new sedan car models are New Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Vento Breeze, Skoda Laura RS and so forth.